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Craig Peters, MD, is the chief of Surgical Innovation, Technology, and Translation in the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation. He also is a Principal Investigator in the Bioengineering Initiative within the Institute.

A pediatric urologist, Dr. Peters recently joined the Children’s National team from the University of Virginia where he was chief of the Division of Pediatric Urology. He has extensive experience with treatment of pediatric urologic problems, developing minimally invasive surgical techniques, including robot-assisted procedures, and has conducted NIH-funded research in urinary obstruction, vesicoureteral reflux, and bladder dysfunction.

"People always tell me 'You're so strong, I don't know how you got through it.' I like to say that you never know how strong you are or what you are capable of until you have no choice but to be strong."